silverbell tree

sil·ver·bell tree Audio Help (sĭl'vər-běl')

n. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Halesia, especially H. carolina, of the southeast United States, having drooping, bell-shaped white flowers and dry, oblong, four-winged fruit.

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